Bull board for cattle cars



- Aug. '4, 3925.

F. J. S. MIELY BULL BOARD FOR CATTLE CARS Filed May 28. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 +2 Aug. 4;1925. 1,548,327

F. J. S. MIELY BULL B ARD FOR CATTLE CARS Filed May 28. 1924 2 Shets-Sheet 2 -H w I I 1 1 0 7 16 if 5 n Patented Aug. 4, 1925.

{FRED :Ls. 'MIELY, or GEN'I'RY, ARKANSAS.

nuLLiBoA'n'n non CATTLE CARS.

Application filed- May '28, 19224. :SeriaLN'o. 716,458.

To all whomiit mayconcern: I

Be it known that 1, Fraud. .S. MIELY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gentry,in the county of'Benton'and' State of Arkansas, haveinvented a new and useful Bull Board for'Cattle Cars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cattle cars and aims to provide a novel formof .bull board employedas a guardfor guarding the doorwa of a car. h r I n importantobjectoftheinvention isjto provide means for automatically lockingithe bull boardin its active positionragainst animals releasing thesame.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of alocking means which may be readily and easily thrown to its inactive position should it be desired .to swing the bullboard to a positionout ofuse. I

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the. invention resides in the com.- bination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter :described and c1aimed,itbeing understoodlthat changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, mayv be .Imade within the scope of what is claimed, without de arting ztrom therspirito'fthe invention.

eferrmg to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevational viewof a car door and disclosing thebull boardas in its active position.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an elevational view disclosing the bull board in its inactive position.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a sectional view through the hinge member.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the pivoted locking element.

Figure 7 is an elevational view disclosing the hinge for the bull board.

Figure 8 is a sectional view taken on line 8-8 of Figure 7 Figure 9 is a sectional view taken on line 99 of Figure 3.

Figure 10 is a perspective view of one of the hinge elements.

Figure 11 is a perspective view of the cooperating hinge element.

Figure 12 is an elevat-ional view of the hinge illustrating the locking feature.

Figure 13 is a perspective view of the stop-member.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the reference character 5xdesignatesxa,post at one endof thedoor opening of-the car, to which the hinge fof. thebull board is secured.

Atthe opposite side vofthe door opening is a .post .6 which is formed with aicut out portion providing a-keeper for the free end of thebull board 7. The reference character 8 indicates .a stationary hinge element which is formed with a cut out portion defining ears 10 whichare connectedby means ofthe pin Lliwhich pin provides asupport for the, locking section :12 of the hinge, permitting swinging movement between the hinge sections.

As shown by Figure 11 of the drawings, the lower ear of the :hinge element 8 is formed with'a cutout portion .13 adapted to cooperate with the inclined surface 14 of the -hinge element 12 to lock themembers 8 and 12 against movement-with respect to. each other, the locking being accomplished by the hinge element .12, and more particularly the inclined -surffacelt thereof falling down behind the shoulder'15 definedby the cut out portion 18. g

The hinged, end of the Tbu'll :board .7 is provided with an elongated opening 16 that accommodates the Ieyeboltl? provided with ahead 18 'atone'end thereof whichfhead preventsfthe eye bolt from being :drawn through 'the opening 16.

The eye 19 of the eye bolt accommodates that portion of the hinged section 12 between the opening 20 and free edge of the hinge element 12 to pivotally connect the hinge element 12 and bull board, allowing the bull board to move outwardly to a position as shown by Figure 9, whereupon the bull board may be swung upwardly to its inactive position and supported in such active position by locking means to be hereinafter more fully described.

Disposed adjacent tothe elongated opening 16 and secured to the bull board i a stop member 21 which is also provided with an elongated opening 22 adapted to register with the elongated opening 16 providing a wear plate for the eye bolt. At one end of the member 21 is a hook 23 adapted to engage the pin 11 to restrict movement of the bull board and relieve the hinge members 8 and 12, of undue strain caused by cattle rubbing against the bull board.

Located at the free end of the bull board 7 is an upwardly extended lug 24 adapted to be engaged by the pivoted latch member 25 to hold the bull board 7 against movement, until the latch member has been manually operated to disengage the lug 24.

In order that the free end of the bull board 7 may be guided to it keeper, a roller 26 is'provided and supported between the side walls of the keeper forming a rest for the free end of the bull board when in its active position.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that when the bull board is in its locked position as shown by Figure l of the drawings, it is necessary to lift the hinged end of the bull board to disengage the shoulders defined by the cut out portions l8 and 14, and in order to prevent such upward move ment the pivoted latch 27 is provided and arranged above the section 12 as clearly shown by Figure 7 of the drawings, the section 12 being provided with a cut out portion to accommodate the latch member 27.

Above the hinge member 8 and at a point adjacent to the upper portion of the door opening is arranged a keeper 29 which is normally closed by theweighted latch member 30 which is formed with a camming surface to allow the bull board to enter the keeper when the bull board is moved to its active position to cover the weighted latch member falling to a position to close the keeper 29 and hold the bull board against movement.

If it is desired to release the bull board to permit it to be swungto its inactive posi tion, it i only necessary to swing the latch member 27 to a position out of engagement with the bull board 7 whereupon the hinged end of the bull board may be lifted and necting the bull board to the hinge to permit sliding movement of the bull board With respect to the hinge, when the section of the hinge to which the bull board is secured is moved vertically, and means disposed above the section of the hinge carrying the bull board for preventing vertical movement of one section of the hinge with respect to the other.

2. A bull board securing device including a hinge member, comprising sections, a bull board secured to one of the sections, and mounted for sliding movement when the section of the hinge carrying the bull board is moved vertically, a shoulder on one of the hinge sections. for engaging the opposite hinge section to prevent swinging movement of thebull board, carried by the hinge, and a latch member pivotally mounted above the bull board and adapted to engage one of the hinge sections for restricting vertical movement thereof.

.In testimony that I claim the forego ing as my own, I have hereto aifixed my signature in the FRED J. S. MIELY.

Witnesses:

HATTIE P. MIEIiY, ROBERT H. ELS.

presence of two witnesses. V 

